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Key Features: Use this small LCD screen with Arduino Robot, Esplora, or on breadboard. The screen is 1.77" diagonal, with 160 x 128 pixel resolution. Includes micro-sD socket The LED backlight is dimmable by PWM. The screen" s headers are laid out so it easily sockets into the Arduino Esplora and Arduino Robot. The Arduino TFT screen is a backlit LCD screen with headers. You can draw text, images, and shapes to the screen with the TFT library. There is an onboard micro-SD card slot on the back of the screen that can, among other things, store bitmap images for the screen to display. The screen" s headers are designed to fit into the socket on the front of the Arduino Esplora, but it is compatible with any AVR-based Arduino (Uno, Leonardo, etc) or with the Arduino Due. The TFT library interfaces with the screen" s controller through SPI when using the TFT library. Item Specifics The screen runs on +5 VDC

Description: The Arduino Graphic LCD (GLCD) screen is a backlit TFT LCD screen with headers. You can draw text, images, and shapes to the screen with the GLCD library. There is an onboard micro-SD card slot on the back of the screen that can, among other things, store bitmap images for the screen to display.

The screen"s headers are designed to fit into the socket on the front of the Arduino Esplora, but it is compatible with any AVR-based Arduino (Uno, Leonardo, etc. Datasheet You can use this module with Arduino Esplora.

There are different models from different suppliers, but they all work in a similar way, using the SPI communication protocol. The module used in this tutorial is the one shown in figure below (front and back view).

This line of code creates a file called data.txt on your SD card. If the data.txt file already exists,  Arduino will open the file instead of creating another one.

Every now and then, you get an idea for an Arduino project that needs a way to store a lot of log data and other information, like a GPS logger or a temperature logger.

The solution is to use something that can be found in any digital camera or MP3 player: Flash Cards! They are often called SD cards or microSD cards. Their ability to fit Gigabytes of data into a space smaller than a coin makes them an essential part of our lives.

A standard microSD card has an operating voltage of 3.3 V. As a result, we cannot connect it directly to circuits that use 5V logic; in fact, any voltages above 3.6V may permanently damage the microSD card. That is why the module includes an onboard ultra-low dropout voltage regulator capable of regulating voltage to 3.3V.

The module also includes a 74LVC125A logic level shifter chip, allowing for safe and easy communication with your favorite 3.3V or 5V microcontroller without damaging the SD card.

There’s a microSD card socket on the front! Any microSD memory card will work perfectly. The proper direction to insert a microSD card is usually printed on the module.

SDIO mode is much faster and is used in mobile phones, digital cameras, and other devices. However, it is more complicated and requires the signing of non-disclosure agreements. Because of this, hobbyists like us are unlikely to come across SDIO mode interface code.

If you have a new SD card, chances are it’s already pre-formatted with a FAT file system; however, you may encounter issues with how the factory formats the card. Or, if you have an old card, it needs to be formatted. In any case, it’s a good idea to format the card before using it.

It is recommended that you use the official SD card formatter utility developed by the SD association. It can solve a lot of problems caused by bad formatting! Download and run the formatter on your computer; simply select the appropriate drive and click Format.

Now we are left with the pins that are used for SPI communication. Because microSD cards require a lot of data transfer, they perform best when connected to the microcontroller’s hardware SPI pins.

Communicating with an SD card is a lot of work, but luckily for us, the Arduino IDE already includes a very useful library called SD that makes reading and writing SD cards easier.

Let’s start with a simple CardInfo example sketch. This sketch doesn’t write any data to the card. Instead, it tells you if the card is recognized and shows you some information about it. This can be very useful when determining whether or not an SD card is supported. It is therefore recommended that you run this sketch once before trying out a new card.

Now, insert the SD card into the module and upload the sketch. When you open the Serial Monitor, you may see different results depending on the scenario.

If everything is fine, you should see some useful information. For example, in our case, the card type is SDHC (SD High Capacity), the volume type is FAT32, and the size of the card is 4 GB.

Although the card responded, all the data is inaccurate. As you can see, there is no Manufacturer ID or OEM ID, and the Product ID is ‘N/A.’ It appears the card returned SD errors.

If there is a wiring error or the card is permanently damaged, you will see something similar to this. You can see that it couldn’t even initialize the SD card.

Next, we declare the Arduino pin to which the SD card module’s CS (Chip Select) pin is connected. Except for the CS pin, we do not need to declare any other SPI pins because we are using a hardware SPI interface and these pins are already declared in the SPI library.

In the setup() section, we initialize the serial communication and call the SD.begin() function. If it manages to recognize the card, it prints “initialization done.” on the serial monitor. If it doesn’t, it prints “initialization failed!” and the program terminates.

We then close the file by using the close() function. This function closes the file and makes sure that any data written to it is saved to the SD card.

You can open files in a directory. To open a file in the directory, for example, use SD.open("/myfiles/example.txt"). Remember that the path to the file is relative.

The SD card library does not support long filenames because it uses the 8.3 filename format. So keep file names short. For instance, “datalog.txt” is fine, but “My Sensor log file.text” is not!

I have had to do much the same thing. My SD is built in and selects with pin 4. I thus had no choice but re-wire the lcd pin 4 to A2 via an intermediate shield. You may have the same problem. Similarly, there could be problems with pin 10, which I understand the SD requires to be high, or it cannot write. Fortunately, my LCD is not interested in that.

Here is some code, the relevant bits of which may be of interest. BTW note that Arduino does not datestamp the CSVs, and you may need to go on to incorporate a clock!

Secure Digital, or SD, Cards are used in a variety of applications. You likely have several of them in your electronic devices as they are used in phones, tablets, cameras, and music players.

Anywhere that you need a large amount of inexpensive, non-volatile memory an SD (or microSD) card is a good choice. And, as you are about to see, these cards are very easy to use in your Arduino projects.

The SD card was developed as a joint effort between SanDisk, Panasonic, and Toshiba. The first SD cards were released in August 1999. In January 2000 the three companies formed theSD Associationto create standards for SD cards.

There are actually three sizes of SD cards – standard SD cards, miniSD cards, and microSD cards. The miniSD card was never that popular and hasn’t been produced since 2008 so modern devices make use of either standard SD cards or microSD cards.

There are also a number of designations on SD cards such as “SDXC”, SDUC”, “UHS-I”, “Class 10” etc. This can get a bit confusing when trying to choose an SD card.

SD Cards have evolved to use different file systems, different speeds, and different connection methods than the original 1999 design.  These differences are designated into five different storage classes:

SD cards are serial data cards and thus have limits to the speed that they can transfer data. As SD cards evolved so has their speeds and there are new designations to determine which cards are faster than others.

Older cards used a Class designation from 1 to 10, with a 10 being the fastest. Modern SD cards can all exceed Class 10 speed so the class designation is virtually meaningless.

A standard SD card uses the SPI bus and works at 3.3 volts.  SDHC and SDXC cards can also switch to the “one-bit SD bus” and in this mode they work on 1.8 volts.

When an SDHC or SDXC card is inserted into its socket it will initially use the SPI bus. The host computer can switch the device to one-bit mode if the device supports it.

SD cards and microSD cards are electrically compatible, however, they do not use the same pinouts. The plastic “SD Adapter” that is usually included with microSD cards is wired to reconfigure the pinout so the microSD card can also be used in an SD card slot.

There are many SD card modules available for the Arduino.  Some of them are stand-alone, others are shields. Many of the shields also have additional components like real time clocks, Ethernet adapters and temperature sensors integrated along with the SD card holder.

The SD card uses 3.3-volt logic so there is a built-in voltage regulator to reduce the 5-volt supply to 3.3-volts. If you use a 3.3-volt supply the regulator is bypassed.

One thing to note is that many of these modules do not have logic-level converters and therefore expect that 3.3-volt logic will be used. If you are using 5-volt logic, as with an Arduino Uno or Mega, you’ll need to supply logic-level converters or use a resistor array to work with the 3.3-volt logic.

These modules are made to be used with 5-volt logic as they contain built-in logic converters, as well as voltage regulators. As such they have only a 5-volt power input.

I’ll be showing you the connections using a microSD module but they are pretty well identical for a full-sized SD module. Remember though that if you elect to use a full-sized module you may need to do some logic-level conversion, otherwise your data will be garbled.

If you are using a shield with an SD or microSD card you might need to change the Chip Select (CS) pin connection, the one I have connected to pin 4. Some shields use pin 6 or pin 10, check with your shield manufacturer or use a multimeter to determine if this is the case with your shield

The Arduino IDE already has alibrary for working with SD cards. It supports both FAT16 and FAT32 file systems on both standard SD (SDSC) or SDHC cards.  Keep that in mind if you are reformatting your microSD card and don’t use exFAT.

You can access these libraries by opening theFilemenu and selectingExamples. From the sub-menu scroll down until you get to theSDentry and highlight that. You’ll see six example sketches that you can try.

In the Setup we set the speed for the serial monitor and then write “Initializing SD card…” to it.  We then initialize the SD card and print an error message if it fails.

Note the line withSD.begin(4)in it. The number “4” is the pin that the Chip Select (CS) of the module is connected to. If you’re using a shield which uses a different pin you’ll need to change this line to the proper value.

TheSD.openopens the file. We specify the file name and then we add theFILE_WRITEparameter to indicate that we want to write to the file.  If we hadn’t specified that the file would be open to read instead.

Compile the sketch and send it to your Arduino, make sure that you have a microSD card in your module and that it is formatted with the FAT32 file system.  Then open your serial monitor.

Try pressing the reset button on your Arduino and observe the serial monitor. You should see an additional line of text every time you press the button. This is because the sketch is appending the text to the file every time it is run.

The SD library has a simple Datalogger example. Unlike a professional datalogger, this one does not use a real time clock to add a timestamp to the data, it simply reads the data and writes it to a file on the SD card.

The wiper of each potentiometer is connected to one of the Arduino analog input pins, A0, A1, and A2. One side of each pot is connected to the 5-volt output, the other side is connected to ground.

This will allow you to vary the voltage sent to the analog pins from zero to 5 volts.  We will measure the voltage and write the value, from 0 to 1023, to the SD card. The results will be saved in a comma-delimited file.

The Datalogger sketch starts off in a similar fashion to the previous example. You’ll note that a constant namedchipSelectis assigned to the pin you are using to connect to the CD line on your module. Again, if you are using a shield that connects CS to a different pin you’ll need to adjust that accordingly.

Load the sketch to your Arduino and open your serial monitor. You will see the values of the three analog inputs displayed, adjust some of the potentiometers and observe how they change.

After running it for a while power down the Arduino and remove the card. Now insert the card into your computer and read the resulting file. You should see it contains the same data you observed on the serial monitor.

Reading the file on your computer is useful but not as convenient as using the Arduino to do it. The final example we will take a look at will read the file to the Arduino serial monitor.

The DumpFile sketch dumps the contents of the file on the SD card to the serial monitor. As with the first example it works entirely in the Setup routine so there is no code in the loop.

You will also need a servo motor, along with a power supply for that motor. Although you could hook the servo up to the Arduino 5-volt output I really don’t recommend it, as sharing a servo with the Arduino power supply isn’t a very good idea – it can induce noise and voltage drops onto the supply lines.

I’ve created two sketches, one that records the servo data onto the SD card and a second one that plays it back. You could expand upon them and include them both in the same sketch, perhaps with some record and playback pushbuttons.

The sketch starts by including libraries for the SPI bus, the SD card module and for the servo motor. All three libraries are part of your Arduino IDE so you don’t need to install anything.

As you can see it is very simple to incorporate SD cards and microSD cards into your Arduino designs. By using them you can add a huge amount of non-volatile storage to your projects.

SD and microSD cards are a simple way to add huge amounts of non-volatile storage to your Arduino designs. In this article, I will show you how to use SD card modules with the Arduino. I will also show you how to record and playback the motion of a servo motor.

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This is a 3.5-inch 320 * 480 resolution TFT colour screen. It supports working boards such as Arduino Uno and Arduino mega2560 and Arduino due. Also supports STM32, 51 and other conventional microcontrollers.

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